Re: Am I going up the wrong street?

null@example.com (jerome.oneil) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:08:02 +0000

The answer to either D or D7 is yes to both of them. By just building triads (three note chords), you'll play D major. If you're playing 7ths, it's D7.

Let's take a look at that.

G major:

G A B C D E F# G

So from the 5th, we're in myxolidian mode. So the scale we build the D major from is

D E F# G A B C D

and D major is D F# A

If we add the 7th of that modal scale it becomes D F# A C, or D7.

A couple of things to take away from this.

1. This is why myxolidian modal scales play so well over 7 chords.

2. This is primarily why we play dominant 7ths (flatted 7) chords rather than the pure maj7 chords. The D major scale has a C# in it, so a Dmaj7 would reflect that.

So you can play the D major or the D7 in the key of G, and you'll still be harmonically correct. They both fit.

Am I going up the wrong street?

null@example.com (Headcase) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:55:58 +0000

Ok, here's the problim I have, (If it is a problim) when I play a song using chords I tend,
to play the C Major chord as C/G, now if I'm fingerpicking, I can easely play the standard,
C chord. So do I have a problim?
Also, I play mostly in the Key of G as it suits my voice, (everyone laughts here) and most of,
the songs are 1 4 5, Now the fifth chord is a D7, but sometimes I will play a D Major it sometimes sounds better, at least to me. I have seen songs using the G Key and the 1 4 5 and yet the fifth chord is played D Major, what is the right way to both these qustions?
I hope this is the right area, I have posted this on.

Luck and Health to all!!!

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Re: Am I going up the wrong street?

Am I going up the wrong street?